Miriam Lieberman and Alexi Kaye at the Kincumber Neighborhood Centre

Please note, we want to pay our musicians a fair fee but we also recognise there are many who may not have the means to pay at this time. If you are in that position, please use the option of choosing 'what you can pay' or not paying at all, in the tkt section, freely. You will be very welcome and we thank you for attending. If you would like to offer with help in kind we would be very happy to receive it too. Email Alexi on contact@alexikaye.com or call her on 0414 261 391 for more info. 

Hi folks, this is a community event, and all are welcome. We acknowledge the Darkinjung land where we will gather for this event in the Kincumber Neighborhood Centre as well as all those who helped create the Centre and those who keep it running. We acknowledge the previous, current and future indigenous and all caretakers of the land we’re on and the spirit of the land itself as well as all our ancestors past, present and future. We welcome all who come to enjoy being together in community and sharing music together. We give thanks in advance for your presence in this first time event. 

The show: Join us for an intimate show in Kincumber featuring Miriam Lieberman and Alexi Kaye - two solo acts who share a passion for life, it’s beauty, expression, musicality and authenticity. Though the styles they play may differ - Miriam is more 'World music' and Alexi more blues and story teller folk based - their music has a through theme. The songs they play tell a story and paint a picture; their singing voices are emotive, clear and far reaching. Expect a chilled vibe, great songs and to be captivated by what they do. See below for more details.

About Miriam - More about Miriam - Miriam is a multiple awardee of grants such as the John Butler Seed grant, Australia Council, Create NSW, APRA, Music NSW and the Australian Songwriters Association Award. Her latest album Just Transforming was a finalist for the 2021 album of the year with the Australian Folk Alliance. Miriam and her trio have regularly featured at festivals around Australia including Woodford Folk Festival, The National Folk Festival (as the NSW showcase act), Fairbridge (WA), Yungaburra Folk Festival (QLD), Shir Madness, Blue Mountains Music Festival, Four Winds Festival, The Multicultural Festival (Canberra), Parramasala (Parramatta), Cygnet (TAS), Denmark Festival Of Voices (WA) and many more. Internationally, she has featured at The Guinean Jazz Festival, Hakodate World Music Festival (Japan), Voix des Femmes (Mali) and The Bali Spirit Festival. She comes to the Coast for the first time to share her music, story, and song. 

“The latest taste of Miriam Lieberman’s forthcoming album, Infinite We Are, is an enthralling, intoxicating piece of blissful wonder.” - Tyler Jenke, Rolling Stone Australia, May 2021

Alexi Kaye (KAYA, Extended Family) is a South African-born blues and folk/soul influenced singer and instrumentalist (director of Heart and Soul Choir on the Central Coast) who has lived on the Central Coast since 2019. Highlights as a solo artist were supporting Karise Eden and featuring in Monsieur Camembert's Leonard Cohen tribute nights. She's come 4th place on XFactor, and supported such artists as the late Renee Geyer, Jimmy Cliff, and Daryl Braithwaite with vocal band KAYA, to name a few. With the band Extended Family, she won Best Blues Artist (MusicOZ), played the New Year's Eve Blues stage in Woodford (2 yrs running), and was the recipient of a touring grant to tour the West Coast from the Australia Council. After leaving the bands she recorded 2 solo albums. Up till the end of 2022, Alexi performed regularly with Central Coast band 'Crescendo'. Mostly, she just loves music and people and currently does a weekly gig at Avoca Beach Seafoods on Sundays at 4:30-6:30pm weather permitting.

"Singer/Songwriter Alexi Kaye is one the most affectingly honest & moving singers in this country. Simple, soulful and emotive. A completely contemporary sound with core traces of her deepest influences – including Blues, African American soul, South African Jazz and all kinds of ‘folk’ music...". Yaron Hallis, 3 time Aria Award winner (Monsieur Camembert), owner of the Camelot Lounge (Marrickville) and Qirkz in the Hunter (Hunter Valley).

This is the first of 3 shows being put on at the Centre this year, bringing local Central Coast musicians together on the same stage as national and international artists. Thank you for your support folks. 

Details of gig:

Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 6:30pm

Show ends by 8:30pm

Venue is the Kincumber Neighborhood Centre, Building 2, 'The Court'

Address 1/20 Kincumber Street, Kincumber, Central Coast

A small range of snacks and drinks will be available to purchase as part of a fundraiser for on going costs of producing events in the Central Coast.

For more details please email Alexi K at contact@alexikaye.com, or phone Alexi on 0414 261 391

VOCAL WORKSHOP

Miriam will also be conducting a 'Music of the World' Vocal workshop on the same day as her show - 6th of May, from 10 -11:30 Am.  Very special experience of community and fun. To book go to https://events.humanitix.com/m... for more info

If you'd like to see more about Miriam, go to her website: https://www.miriamlieberman.co...

Links to Alexi Kaye's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channe...

“When Miriam Lieberman sings, “Lay your burden down” on this (new) album’s first song, Infinite We Are, it is as much a gentle exhortation as it is a call to arms. With its palette of celestial strings, lush harmonies, twinkling piano arpeggios and soft indie beats, there is a hypnotic, ever-shifting quality to Lieberman’s work that gives the impression that 'transforming' is not something that frightens her.“ - 4.5 Stars, Jessie Cunniffe, Spectrum SMH - 18th June 2021

African influences blend seamlessly with blues-infused melodies and soaring vocal harmonies in the music by Sydney singer song-writer, Miriam Lieberman. Her albums are soulful collections of stories, beautifully told through strings, African kora and Lieberman’s unmistakable voice.

Amongst the themes, the songs relate a love for the natural world, stories of transformation, motherhood, love, loss and the power of imagination. The music is coloured by Miriam's journeys - from Guinea and Mali, where she studied kora  (West African harp)  to India and Latin America. These places have left an imprint on Lieberman’s musical style which she unifies with a catchiness and contemporary tone that is entirely her own.

Performing alongside Miriam as a trio are formidable musicians Lara Goodridge ( Baby et Lulu/ Four Play) and Susie Bishop (Chaika).  Adding luscious vocal harmonies and soaring violin arrangements, together they offer a powerful and uplifting soundscape.

Miriam is a multiple awardee of grants such as the John Butler Seed grant, Australia Council, Create NSW, APRA, Music NSW and the Australian Songwriters Association Award. Latest album Just Transforming is a finalist for the 2021 album of the year with the Australian Folk Alliance.  Miriam and her trio have regularly featured at festivals around Australia including Woodford Folk Festival, The National Folk Festival (as the NSW showcase act), Fairbridge (WA), Yungaburra Folk Festival (QLD), Shir Madness, Blue Mountains Music Festival, Four Winds Festival, The Multicultural Festival (Canberra), Parramasala (Parramatta), Cygnet (TAS), Denmark Festival Of Voices (WA) and many more. Internationally, she has featured at The Guinean Jazz Festival, Hakodate World Music Festival (Japan), Voix des Femmes (Mali) and The Bali Spirit Festival.

“Her songs are beautifully melodic, richly textured but can have pointed themes…. Simply brilliant." 4.5 stars. Jeff Glorfeld, The Age

If you'd like to see more about Miriam, go to her website: https://www.miriamlieberman.co...

Links to Alexi Kaye's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channe...